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Aspectos clínicos, epidemiológicos, microbiológicos e terapêuticos da candidemia nosocomial em unidades neonatal e pediátrica em um hospital geral em Belém/ Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2006-06-13) PAES, Andréa Luzia Vaz; LEÃO, Raimundo Nonato Queiroz de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2956764853618778; SOUZA, Rita Catarina Medeiros de
The fungals infections have been emerging as responsible for nosocomial infections, particularly when associates with morbities as prematureness, blood diseases, hospitable stay for more than 15 days, come in another. With the purpose of evaluating candidemia occurrence in patients of neonates and of the pediatrics put into hospital in public hospital in Belém / Pará, Fundação Santa Casa of Misericórdia from Pará (FSCMP), was accomplished a retrospective study having as investigation base all the cultures accomplished in hospital from January 1999 to December 2004. Of a total of 2.622 cultures, just five with C. albicans isolation of pediatrics and neonates patients. It is worth stress that it was not identified no other species of Candida. The children had between 0 until 9 months, and all of them were submitted for surgical procedures. Occurring other concomitant hospitable infections to candidemias. Among signals and symptoms introduced at the moment of the isolation of Candida note that respiratory disfunction and fever were the most frequent. Anemia and leukocytoses were the laboratories alterations predominant. Some risk factors for candidemia development were identified as antibiotics therapy, surgeries, blood transfusion, and use of blocking of H2, central veined catheter, probe pray-gastric. Among antibiotics used note that antibiotic of wide spectrum, like ceftazidime, imipenem, vancomycin, were used in most cases (4/5). The average time of hospitable stay belonged to 55 days, and three patient remained put into hospital in ICU. This work reflects a Candida's low isolation in children put into hospital in FSCMP, suggesting an improvement in the tests employees for mushrooms cultures.
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Co-infecção vírus da imunodeficiência humana e vírus da hepatite C (HIV/HCV): aspectos epidemiológicos, clínicos e laboratoriais de uma população atendida em um serviço de hepatopatias na cidade de Belém-Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2006) AMARAL, Ivanete do Socorro Abraçado; SOUZA, Rita Catarina Medeiros de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3560941703812539
The Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection currently appears as co-morbidity, which can intervene mainly in natural history of hepatitis C. Describing demographic, clinical and laboratorial aspects including histopathological examination, was the objective of this study. Between august of 2004 to december of 2006, 36 co-infected patients were selected for this study. 92% were from Belém, with 42 years old medium age; 72.52% singles; 83.5% male and 61.1% heterosexuals. Among possible risk factors for HCV, 41, 7% referred injectable illicit drug use, 38,9% intranasal cocaine and 38,9% syringe share. History of alcoholism (77,8%) and TARV use had been the possible factors for hepatic illness aggravations. A patient showed clinical signals of hepatic failure from chronic disease. Among biochemical hepatic tests, medium ALT and AST levels had been 68UI/L and 61UI/L, respectively. T CD4+ lymphocytes medium levels were 327cells/mm3. Medium HIV viral load was 2,53 log10 copies/mL (ep=0,34). Medium HCV viral load was 5,90log10UI/mL. HCV genotype 1 was the most frequent (58,82%). 57% of the patients submitted to liver biopsy presented fibrosis ranging from moderate to severe and 11% did not presented fibrosis by METAVIR classification. There was association between T CD4+ lymphocytes and ALT or AST levels (p=0,0009 and p=0,0002), and there was association between HCV genotype 1 and HCV-RNA viral load higher or equal to 6 Log10 (p=0,34). There was association between HCV-RNA and HIV-RNA (p=0,039) viral load. The patients presented good health conditions, no signs of liver failure and immunological stability, but showed important liver structure alterations. Therefore, they are good candidates for HCV antiviral therapy. Perhaps, future studies using controlled group, having a large casuistry are necessary for better understanding of HIV/HCV co-infection.